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úr öskunni í eldinn
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fara úr öskunni í eldinn
)
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Icelandic
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Prepositional phrase
1.3.1
Usage notes
Icelandic
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Alternative forms
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fara úr öskunni í eldinn
(
to go out of the frying pan and into the fire
)
Etymology
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Literally: “out of the ashes, into the fire”
Prepositional phrase
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úr
öskunni
í
eldinn
(
idiomatic
)
out of the frying pan, into the fire
Usage notes
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Often used with the verb
fara
(
“
to go
”
)
.
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